Well, if they embraced minorities and gays and reconciled wih abortions, what would make them stand out? Tax cuts that are not possible for a long time to come? There's been two wars on credit card on top of previous debts and one way or the other, this debt gotta be paid, without letting schools and federally funded programs going to hell. So next, they've to say we're the party that obliterates education and healthcare. Has a nice ring to it.
There are actually some northern Republican governors, Christie, Scott Walker, my own governor Rick Snyder, who are conservative but show a lot of fight and backbone, get things done in states that aren't super conservative, and are not easily caricatured as wanting to re-enslave black people, put women back in the kitchen barefoot and pregnant, and deport every single person who's browner than Carlos Santana.

I look to people like that to be in the mix for 2016.